A multicentre approach for the management of adults with congenital heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 701-705

  Chessa, Massimo ^a   Arciprete, Paolo ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^c   Daliento, Luciano ^d   Di Paola, Lucia ^c   Distante, Alessandro ^c   Sabina, Saverio ^a   Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Giusti, Sandra ^e   Presbitero, Patrizia ^f   Sarubbi, Berardo ^g   Carminati, Mario ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c National Research Centre   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e G PASQUINUCCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Internet; Multicentre study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33748284269     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000243005.13041.2e     Document Type: Article

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